Hey All You Intended Parents Who Are 45 and Beyond!

CALL FOR STORIES

Documentary on Parenthood After 45. Share Your Story.

Emmy-Award winning Gigantic! Productions wants to learn about your experiences trying to get pregnant or raise children over the age of 45 for a national television documentary series. Are you in the process of trying to get pregnant? Maybe you’re seeking adoption? Or are you the parent of an infant or toddler and over the age of 45? If you want to tell others what it’s like to be “mature” and starting or growing your family, contact us at caroline@gigantic.tv or call 212-979-7227 ext 104. Please include your age, location, phone number, photo and a summary of what life is like for you and why you started a family later in life.

A Pair of Shoes

I am wearing a pair of shoes.
They are ugly shoes.
Uncomfortable shoes.
I hate my shoes.
Each day I wear them, and each day I wish I had another pair.
Some days my shoes hurt so bad that I do not think I can take another step.
Yet, I continue to wear them.
I get funny looks wearing these shoes.
They are looks of sympathy.
I can tell in others eyes that they are glad they are my shoes and not theirs.
They never talk about my shoes.
To learn how awful my shoes are might make them uncomfortable.
To truly understand these shoes you must walk in them.
But, once you put them on, you can never take them off.
I now realize that I am not the only one who wears these shoes.
There are many pairs in this world.
Some women are like me and ache daily as they try and walk in them.
Some have learned how to walk in them so they don't hurt quite as much.
Some have worn the shoes so long that days will go by before they think about how much they hurt.
No woman deserves to wear these shoes.
Yet, because of these shoes I am a stronger woman.
These shoes have given me the strength to face anything.
They have made me who I am.
I will forever walk in the shoes of a woman who has lost a child.

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